Andrea luppenlatz was the first Ouray County resident to test positive for COVID-19 with a blood test last week. She has recovered fully from the virus. Courtesy photo
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County records first positive blood test
When the headaches, diarrhea and fatigue set in, Andrea Iuppenlatz thought she might have altitude sickness.
She and her husband, Mark, had returned to their home in Ouray on March 21 after spending some time at their cabin at 11,000 feet, and her symptoms were common with that illness.
When the horrible body aches began, she reasoned they might be the residual effects of the back surgery she underwent two weeks earlier.
It was only last week that she learned it was coronavirus.
The 57-year-old was ...
